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In this issue:
* How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years
* Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues?
* JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose
* Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame
* Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite?
* Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age'
* Vizio Plans To Undercut The Market For All-In-One PCs
* New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45
* ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite
* 5th Edition of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> Announced
* Video Games As Propaganda
* The Challenges of Building a Mars Base
* Google Accused of Interfering With South Korean FTC Investigation
* Raspberry Pi Gertboard In Action
* Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure
* Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created
* Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay
* WURFL Founders Fire Off DMCA Takedown Against Fork
* Facebook Responds to EPIC FTC Timeline Complaint
* Ubuntu TV Finally Gets a Close-Up
* Samsung Could Soon Start To Twist Google's Arm
* Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve
* Inside the Great Firewall of China's Tor Blocking
* What Does Sunset On an Alien World Look Like?
* Researchers Develop Insect Powered Energy Source
* Salmon DNA Used In Data Storage Device
* Vast Web of Dark Matter Mapped
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| How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years
| from the elaborate-put-on dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @08:02 (Medicine)
| with 452 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0514241/how-stephen-hawking-has-defied-the-odds-for-50-years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "Now aged 70, Prof Stephen Hawking, winner
of 12 honorary degrees, a CBE and in 2009 awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, is an extraordinary man ��� but what is perhaps most
extraordinary about Hawking is [1]how he has defied and baffled medical
experts who predicted he had just months to live in 1963, when he was
diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a [2]disease that only 5%
survive for more than a decade after diagnosis. Hawking started having
symptoms shortly before his 21st birthday. At first they were mild ��� a
bit of clumsiness and few unexplained stumbles and falls but,
predictably, by the very nature of the disease, his incurable condition
worsened. The diagnosis came as a great shock, but also helped shape his
future." (Read on, below.)
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16137007
2. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/motor-neurone-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx
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| Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues?
| from the cthulu-write-in dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @18:16 (Republicans)
| with 346 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2235228/ask-slashdot-which-candidates-for-geek-issues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Okian Warrior writes "An oft-repeated sentiment on Slashdot is that we
should change the situation by voting in better officials. An opinion
that appears in nearly every political thread is: 'we're to blame because
we elected these people.' On the eve of the first primary (in New
Hampshire), I have to wonder: how can we tell the candidates apart? Ron
Paul is an obvious exception, and I am not discounting him, but otherwise
it seems that no candidate has made a stand on any issue. Consider the
candidates (all of them, of any party) as a set. What issue can I use to
divide them into two groups, such that one group is 'for' something and
the other is 'against'?"
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| JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose
| from the not-so-precious dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:15 (Lord of the Rings)
| with 324 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2137240/jrr-tolkien-denied-nobel-due-to-low-quality-prose?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Morty writes "In 1961, [0]C.S. Lewis nominated JRR Tolkien for the Nobel
Prize in Literature. Tolkien did not receive the prize. 50 years later,
the archives for that year have been made available, so now we know why.
[1]Tolkien's prose was viewed as low quality."
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Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize
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| Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame
| from the all-the-world's-a-sunny-day dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @00:06 (Social Networks)
| with 298 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0455219/kodak-failing-but-camera-phones-not-to-blame?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from The Conversation:
"According to the Wall Street Journal, camera manufacturer Kodak is
[0]preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a long struggle
to maintain any sort of viable business. The announcement has prompted
some commentators to claim that Kodak's near-demise has been brought on
by: a failure to innovate, or a failure to anticipate the shift from
analogue to digital cameras, or a failure to compete with the rise of
cameras in mobile phones. Actually, [1]none of these claims are true.
Where Kodak did fail is in not understanding what people take photographs
for, and what they do with photos once they have taken them." Continues
the reader: "Looking at camera data from Flickr, of images uploaded in
2011, camera phones only make up 3% of the total. Dedicated cameras from
Canon, Nikon and yes, Kodak were used to take 97% of the images. What
Kodak failed to understand is that people have switched from taking
photos for remembering and commemorative reasons to using photos for
identity and communication. The shift changes the emphasis away from
print to social media platforms and dedicated apps."
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577140841495542810.html
1. https://theconversation.edu.au/killing-the-kodak-moment-is-the-iphone-really-to-blame-4879
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| Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite?
| from the dumb-mistakes-cost-the-most dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @14:12 (Communications)
| with 268 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1910244/could-a-dirty-rag-take-out-a-2-billion-satellite?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The alleged rescue of a U.S. military
communications satellite [0]underscores some of the weaknesses in U.S.
space efforts. Quoting: 'The seven-ton ���AEHF-1,��� part of a planned
six-satellite constellation meant to support radio communication between
far-flung U.S. military units, [1]had been in orbit just one day when the
problems began. The satellite started out in a highly-elliptical,
temporary orbit. The plan was to use the spacecraft���s on-board engine to
boost it to a permanent, geo-stationary orbit. But when the Air Force
space operators at Los Angeles Air Force Base activated the engine,
nothing happened. The Government Accountability Office would later blame
the failure on a rag left inside a fuel line by a Lockheed worker.'"
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Links:
0. http://the-diplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2012/01/09/americas-space-weakness/
1. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/satellite-rescue/
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| Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age'
| from the not-cool dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @15:34 (Earth)
| with 260 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/201221/carbon-emissions-will-defer-ice-age?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Sven-Erik writes "Due to subtle variations in the Earth's orbit,
researchers have calculated that the next Ice Age is due within 1,500
years. However, a new study suggests [0]greenhouse gas emissions mean it
will not happen that soon ([1]abstract). 'Dr Skinner's group ...
calculates that the atmospheric concentration of CO2 would have to fall
below about 240 parts per million (ppm) before the glaciation could
begin. The current level is around 390ppm. Other research groups have
shown that even if emissions were shut off instantly, concentrations
would remain elevated for at least 1,000 years, with enough heat stored
in the oceans potentially to cause significant melting of polar ice and
sea level rise.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16439807
1. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ngeo1358.html
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| Vizio Plans To Undercut The Market For All-In-One PCs
| from the price-wars-are-fun-for-the-observers dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday January 08, @19:20 (Portables)
| with 258 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0018223/vizio-plans-to-undercut-the-market-for-all-in-one-pcs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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TV maker [0]Vizio is famous for undercutting competitors' prices on LCD
TVs; now, the company has released word that it will introduce a [1]new
line of budget computers, and next week will be showing them off at CES.
Bloomberg reports that the company won't yet disclose actual prices (the
kind with numbers), but says instead only that they will be at a "price
that just doesn���t seem possible." As the article mentions, the all-in-one
desktop machines shown look a lot like Apple products; [2]BetaNews has
pictures, and ominously mentions Apple's tendency to sue over
similar-looking products.
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Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizio
1. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-07/vizio-aims-low-price-wrecking-ball-at-pcs-after-shaking-up-tvs.html
2. http://betanews.com/2012/01/07/vizio-aims-to-disrupt-the-crowded-budget-pc-market-but-can-it/
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| New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45
| from the shares-in-soylent-green-up dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @11:28 (Science)
| with 255 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1532205/new-research-shows-cognitive-decline-begins-at-45?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "New research shows people might start to
[0]suffer from cognitive decline as early as age 45. The research, which
[1]looked at over 7000 people between the ages of 45 and 70 when the
study started, watched participants over a 10 year period. Disturbingly
enough, even the [2]youngest participants started declining immediately."
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Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/01/cognitive-decline-sets-in-as-early-as-45.html
1. http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d7622?tab=full
2. http://www.fellowgeek.com/a-Cognitive-Decline-Sets-in-at-45,-Says-New-Research-ix1678.html
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| ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite
| from the ok-this-looks-sexy dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday January 08, @21:11 (The Internet)
| with 231 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0111218/viasat-delivers-12-mbps-via-satellite?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Last Thursday, [0]ViaSat announced pricing
for its new home broadband service, which is set to deliver 12 Mbps+
download speeds (3 Mbps+ up) beginning next week for $50 per month.
Engadget just dropped by the company's demo home just a few feet from the
Engadget trailer at the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot to try it
out, and [1]posted their review." The comments there, understandably,
wail for information about how much data that $50 buys.
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Links:
0. http://www.viasat.com/
1. http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/viasat-residential-satellite-broadband-internet-hands-on-video/
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| 5th Edition of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> Announced
| from the roll-for-fan-support-initiative dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @14:53 (Role Playing (Games))
| with 225 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1921245/5th-edition-of-dungeons-dragons-announced?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]lrsach01 writes "Wizards of the Coast has [1]announced a
'new iteration' of their Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Early
information says [2]the game will be more inclusive, with a basic rule
set that 'builds out.' This Spring, WotC will be 'conducting ongoing open
playtests with the gaming community to gather feedback on the new
iteration of the game as we develop it.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:roy@roosackgamers.com
1. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20120109
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/video-games/dungeons-dragons-remake-uses-players-input.html
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| Video Games As Propaganda
| from the koopa-troopas-are-terrorists dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:14 (United States)
| with 187 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2023216/video-games-as-propaganda?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SharkLaser writes "A video game developer working for Kuma Reality Games
has admitted that the company has been [0]receiving money from the CIA to
design and freely distribute special movies and games with the aim of
manipulating public opinion in the Middle East. Amir Mizra Hekmati, a
former U.S. Marine, moved to work for Kuma after working for DARPA and
has said the goal of the company was to convince people that whatever the
U.S. does in other countries is a good measure. Kuma officials have
declined to comment, while Hekmati himself is locked in Iran. The United
States government has demanded the release of Hekmati, but [1]Iran has
sentenced him to death for spying, which he confessed to."
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Links:
0. http://kotaku.com/5874301/iran-sentences-alleged-video-game-developer-spy-to-death
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/world/middleeast/iran-imposes-death-sentence-on-alleged-us-spy.html?_r=1&hp
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| The Challenges of Building a Mars Base
| from the needs-a-jacuzzi dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @13:31 (NASA)
| with 181 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1759254/the-challenges-of-building-a-mars-base?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ambermichelle writes with an excerpt from an article in Txchnologist:
"Going to Mars? Expect to stay a while. Because of the relative motions
of Earth and Mars, the pioneering astronauts who touch down on the
Martian surface will have to remain there for a year and a half. For this
reason, NASA has already started [0]experimenting with a habitat fit for
the long-term exploration of Mars. Last year, students at the University
of Wisconsin won the XHab competition to [1]design and build an
inflatable loft addition to a habitat shell that NASA had already
constructed. The final structure now [2]serves as a working model that is
being tested in the Arizona desert. Like any home, it's a sacred bulwark
against the elements; but not just the cold, heat, and pests of Arizona.
A Mars habitat will have to protect astronauts from cosmic rays, solar
flares, and unknown soil compositions all while keeping inhabitants happy
and comfortable."
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Links:
0. http://www.txchnologist.com/2012/be-it-ever-so-humble-the-challenges-of-building-a-house-on-mars
1. http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~elder/xhab/index.html
2. http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/analogs/hdu_project.html
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| Google Accused of Interfering With South Korean FTC Investigation
| from the only-do-evil-occasionally dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @12:10 (Android)
| with 178 comments
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1640205/google-accused-of-interfering-with-south-korean-ftc-investigation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter DCTech writes "South Korea's Fair Trade Commission is
accusing Google of [0]methodically interfering with an anti-competition
investigation into Android. 'Google deleted files and made its employees
work from home in an attempt to frustrate the investigation, alleges the
commission in an interview with a [1]South Korean newspaper [[2]machine
translation]. The non-cooperation allegedly came after Google's Seoul
office was [3]raided by the commission's officials in September. The
anti-competition probers were looking into whether Google's Android
phones unfairly prioritize Google search and are "systematically
designed" to make it difficult to switch to another option'. Now the
South Korean watchdog is considering maximum fines for Google's
non-compliance. Google is currently under investigation for similar
anti-competition issues in Europe and the U.S."
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Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/09/google_south_korean_probe/
1. http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/economy/201201/h2012010302341121500.htm
2. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.hankooki.com%2Flpage%2Feconomy%2F201201%2Fh2012010302341121500.htm
3. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/03/1742237/googles-south-korean-offices-raided
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| Raspberry Pi Gertboard In Action
| from the would-you-like-some-gpio-with-that dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @09:25 (Hardware Hacking)
| with 173 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1413253/raspberry-pi-gertboard-in-action?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes with news from Geek.com on an expansion board
for the Raspberry Pi. Quoting: "In the middle of December last year the
Raspberry Pi Foundation made a surprising announcement that not only
would we see the $25 PC released in 2012, it would also be getting an
[0]expansion board ... called the Gertboard, and is being developed by
Broadcom employee Gert van Loo in his spare time. When completed, it will
allow Raspberry Pi owners to [1]play around with flashing LEDs, electric
motors, and a range of different sensors. It effectively takes the $25
Raspberry Pi beyond just being a very cheap PC. There's a video of the
Gertboard already working which [2]demonstrates the 12 LEDs being lit up
and the board powering an electric motor more than capable of lifting
something like your garage door."
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Links:
0. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/411
1. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/500
2. http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pis-gertboard-expansion-board-already-works-video-2012019/
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| Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure
| from the everything-is-in-limited-supply dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @03:02 (Technology)
| with 169 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/08/2154258/kenya-seeks-nuclear-power-infrastructure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]Snirt writes "[1]Kenya is [2]seeking to develop a viable
nuclear energy program within the next 15 years to meet its growing
energy demands. A government commission formed last year is conducting a
feasibility study and the [3]University of Nairobi is setting up programs
to train people for the nuclear program. Critics say they're concerned
about plant worker safety and the risk of environmental contamination.
Some 86 percent of Kenyans do not have access to electricity, relying on
firewood and kerosene to meet their energy needs. [4]Electricity is
expensive(1$=KES 90), and the supply is limited."
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Links:
0. mailto:rotich.n@gmail.com
1. http://maps.google.co.ke/
2. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/economy-and-business/Kenya-Eyes-Nuclear-Power-Development-121937259.html
3. http://nuclear-sciences.uonbi.ac.ke/
4. http://rayofsolaris.net/misc/kenya-electricity/
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| Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created
| from the it's-a-car-analogy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:53 (Cellphones)
| with 163 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2133211/data-hogs-the-monsters-carriers-created?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "A recent study claimed that the top 1 percent of
mobile data users eat up [1]half of the available bandwidth. But assuming
it's true, who's at fault? Stats show data usage has increased radically
with each new model of the iPhone, and similar phenomena are in place for
Android phones ��� all of which are gleefully [2]sold to the public by the
same people who complain about 'data hogs.' Isn't this the equivalent of
a car dealer heavily promoting Cadillacs, then complaining about poor
fuel efficiency, then charging a ton for extra gasoline?"
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Links:
0. http://jfruh.com/
1. http://www.arieso.com/news-article.html?id=89
2. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/239607/data-hog-study-hypocritically-blames-customer-1-phones-eat-25-bandwidth
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| Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay
| from the if-you-can't-beat-them-ban-them dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @10:06 (Censorship)
| with 154 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1436203/finnish-isp-forced-to-block-the-pirate-bay?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Apotekaren writes "The Finnish ISP [0]Elisa has been forced to block
several domains leading to the infamous torrent-tracker site The Pirate
Bay following a [1]court case initiated by IFPI Finland... The Helsinki
District Court ruled in favor of IFPI Finland in October, but the [2]ISP
resisted implementing the block until today because of the [3]terms of
the block not being specific enough. The ISP is calling the block
'temporary' and is appealing the court decision." Analysis from Torrent
Freak shows that the [4]block is probably easily circumvented.
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Links:
0. http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2012/01/pirate_bay_block_comes_into_force_in_finland_3160454.html
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/26/1719226/finnish-record-labels-want-to-block-pirate-bay
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1216205/isp-refuses-to-block-the-pirate-bay
3. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2012/01/09/finnish_isp_forced_to_block_the_pirate_bay
4. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-shows-futility-of-domain-and-dns-blocks-120109/
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| WURFL Founders Fire Off DMCA Takedown Against Fork
| from the we-didn't-mean-it dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @11:50 (Open Source)
| with 151 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/169216/wurfl-founders-fire-off-dmca-takedown-against-fork?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "ScientiaMobile, the company formed behind the
open source library [0]WURFL, an API used to do mobile device detection
for web applications, has [1]issued a DMCA takedown notice against the
[2]OpenDDR project on Github. ScientiaMobile claims that OpenDDR is
[3]'ripping them off' by forking their database, which used to be
licensed under a liberal license. Newer versions of the device database
are licensed under restrictive licenses which do not allow any
modification or redistribution."
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Links:
0. http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
1. http://openddr.org/takedown.html
2. http://openddr.org/
3. http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2012/01/wurfl-and-database-copyright/
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| Facebook Responds to EPIC FTC Timeline Complaint
| from the what-was-this-stranger-doing-ten-years-ago dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @08:44 (Cloud)
| with 144 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1325216/facebook-responds-to-epic-ftc-timeline-complaint?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes with a snippet from a ZDNet article: "The
Electronic Privacy Information Center is unhappy with the way Facebook
launched its new [0]Timeline profile. Last month, the privacy
organization complained [1]Facebook went too far because it started
rolling out the redesign without asking users first. EPIC then followed
up with a ([2]four-page letter (PDF) to the Federal Trade Commission
asking it to investigate the new feature to insure that it meets with the
terms of a November 29th [3]FTC-Facebook settlement. Facebook denies
these claims, saying that the [4] Timeline launch has nothing to do with
its users' privacy."
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Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/2021204/facebook-unveils-timeline-updated-open-graph
1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/epic-criticizes-facebook-over-timeline-launch/6364
2. http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/Facebook-Timeline-FTC-Ltr-FINAL.pdf
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2042223/facebook-settles-with-ftc-admits-privacy-violations
4. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-timeline-has-nothing-to-do-with-privacy/6937
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| Ubuntu TV Finally Gets a Close-Up
| from the it's-only-a-model dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @05:58 (Operating Systems)
| with 133 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0214224/ubuntu-tv-finally-gets-a-close-up?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Barence writes "Canonical has unveiled the [1]first screenshots and
details of Ubuntu TV. Plans for versions of the Linux distro for tablets,
smartphones and TVs were unveiled last year, and now the television is ���
perhaps surprisingly ��� the first of those to arrive. 'It's a simple
viewing experience for online video, both your own and routed over the
internet,' Jane Silber, Canonical's CEO told PC Pro. Movie streaming
services will be supported as well as live television broadcasts. Ubuntu
TV will be integrated into television sets, but Canonical was unable to
confirm any manufacturers. It will be released later this year."
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Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/372040/ubuntu-tv-unveiled
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| Samsung Could Soon Start To Twist Google's Arm
| from the no-more-mister-nice-guy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:35 (Android)
| with 119 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2151233/samsung-could-soon-start-to-twist-googles-arm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "For the past three years, Android has experienced
a kind of free space expansion, but as we enter 2012, it seems the game
may be changing. Instead of the old 'there's more than enough room for
every Android handset maker to be a winner,' we have a
three-horse's-length leader: [1]Samsung shipping close to 55% of all
Android phones, while Motorola and HTC lag behind. '[2][Samsung] could be
in a position to twist Google's arm,' writes Jean-Louis Gass��e.'If last
quarter's trend continues ��� if Motorola and HTC lose even more ground ���
Samsung's bargaining position will become even stronger.' But what is
Samsung's 'bargaining position'? What could they want? Perhaps more
search referral money, earlier access to Android releases, or a share of
advertising revenue. Will Google let Samsung gain the upper hand? It's
not likely, because [3]Motorola is about to become a fully-owned but
'independent' Google subsidiary, and its 16% of the Android market could
counterbalance Samsung's influence to some extent. So what could Samsung
do? 'Consider the Kindle Fire example: Just like [4]Amazon picked the
Android lock, Samsung could grab the Android Open Source code and create
its own unlicensed but fully legal smartphone OS and still benefit from a
portion of Android apps, or it could build its own app store the way
Amazon did,' writes Gass��e. '[5]Samsung is a tough, determined fighter
and won't let Google dictate its future. The same can be said of Google.
This is going to be interesting.'"
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https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2151233/samsung-could-soon-start-to-twist-googles-arm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57353995/samsung-sells-enough-phones-to-twist-googles-android-arm/
2. http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/01/08/samsung-vs-google/
3. http://allthingsd.com/20111019/google-will-operate-motorola-at-arms-length/
4. http://www.theverge.com/2011/9/28/2457251/how-amazon-picked-androids-lock
5. http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-smartphone-sales-2012-1
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| Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve
| from the cellular-reverse-engineering dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @12:51 (Biotech)
| with 113 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1733242/researchers-show-how-cellular-complexity-can-evolve?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ananyo writes with an excerpt from a Nature news release: "By bringing
long-dead proteins back to life, researchers have [0]worked out the
process by which evolution added a component to a cellular machine. ...
In a paper published in Nature, researchers [1]recreated an 'ancestral'
version of a cellular machine called the [2]V-ATPase proton pump, which
channels protons across membranes and is vital for keeping cell
compartments at the right acidity. Part of this machine is a ring of six
proteins that threads through the membrane. Animals and most other
eukaryotes have a ring composed of two types of protein component; fungi
are alone in having a ring with three. The [3]researchers used
computational methods to work backwards and find the most likely
sequences of these proteins hundreds of millions of years ago. The team
inserted the DNA into yeast and found that just two mutations can turn
the simple 2-protein ring into the more complex 3-protein ring."
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Links:
0. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/resurrecting-extinct-proteins-shows-how-a-machine-evolves.html
1. http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000497
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-ATPase
3. http://pages.uoregon.edu/joet/
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| Inside the Great Firewall of China's Tor Blocking
| from the onions-against-the-revolution dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @18:57 (China)
| with 87 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2320201/inside-the-great-firewall-of-chinas-tor-blocking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes with an article at Threat Post about China's ability
to block Tor. From the article: "The much-discussed Great Firewall of
China is meant to prevent Chinese citizens from getting to Web sites and
content that the country's government doesn't approve of, and it's been
endowed with some near-mythical powers by observers over the years. But
it's somewhat rare to get a look at the way that the system actually
works in practice. Researchers at [0]Team Cymru got just that recently
when they were asked by the folks at the Tor Project to help investigate
[1]why a user in China was having his connections to a bridge relay
outside of China terminated so quickly. Not only is China able to
identify Tor sessions, it can do so in near real-time and then [2]probe
the Tor bridge relay and terminate the session within a couple of
minutes."
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Links:
0. http://www.team-cymru.org/
1. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/how-great-firewall-china-blocks-tor-010912
2. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/knock-knock-knockin-bridges-doors
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| What Does Sunset On an Alien World Look Like?
| from the forgot-my-camera dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @15:12 (Space)
| with 81 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1935203/what-does-sunset-on-an-alien-world-look-like?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]The Bad Astronomer writes "Using real data from Hubble Space Telescope
of a planet orbiting another star, exoplanetary scientist Fr��d��ric Pont
[1]created a lovely image of what sunset would look like from HD209458b,
nicknamed Osiris, a planet 150 light years away. The Hubble data [2]gave
information on the atmospheric absorption of this hot Jupiter planet,
and, coupled with models of how the atmosphere was layered, Pont was able
to create a realistic looking sunset on the planet. The big surprise: the
star looks green as it sets! Sodium absorption sucks out the red colors
and blue is scattered away, leaving just the green hues to get through.
It's a lovely application of hard scientific knowledge."
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Links:
0. mailto:thebadastronomer.gmail@com
1. http://www.exoclimes.com/paper-outlines/the-sunset-on-hd-209458-b/
2. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/09/sunset-on-an-alien-world/
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| Researchers Develop Insect Powered Energy Source
| from the cyber-insect-overlords dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @10:47 (Biotech)
| with 67 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/154244/researchers-develop-insect-powered-energy-source?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cylonlover writes with this excerpt from an article at Gizmag: "Research
into developing insect cyborgs for use as first responders or super
stealthy spies has been going on for a while now. Most research has
focused on using batteries, tiny solar cells, or piezoelectric generators
to harvest kinetic energy from the movement of an insect's wings to power
the electronics attached to the insects. Now a group of researchers at
Case Western Reserve University have created a [0]biofuel cell power
supply that relies just [1]on the insect's normal feeding [registration
required to download full paper]."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/biofuel-cell-power-insect-cyborg/21036/
1. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja210794c?prevSearch=%255BContrib%253A%2BScherson%255D%2Band%2B%255BContrib%253A%2BScherson%252C%2BDaniel%2BA.%255D&searchHistoryKey=
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| Salmon DNA Used In Data Storage Device
| from the also-tastes-great-on-the-grill dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:37 (Biotech)
| with 44 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2035245/salmon-dna-used-in-data-storage-device?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "Scientists from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan
and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have created a
'write-once-read-many-times' (WORM) memory device that combines
electrodes, silver nanoparticles, and [0]salmon DNA. While the current
device is simply a [1]proof-of-concept model, the researchers have stated
that DNA could turn out to be a less expensive alternative to traditional
inorganic materials such as silicon."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/salmon-dna-data-storage-device/21027/
1. http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v99/i25/p253301_s1?view=fulltext&bypassSSO=1
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| Vast Web of Dark Matter Mapped
| from the here-there-be-dragons dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:58 (Space)
| with 44 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2242240/vast-web-of-dark-matter-mapped?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "Astronomers from the University of British
Columbia and University of Edinburgh [1]have created a vast cosmic map
revealing an intricate web of dark matter and galaxies spanning a
distance of one billion light-years. This is the largest map of its kind
and demonstrates that this large-scale web stretches across the universe
in all directions. The results of this groundbreaking discovery were
presented at the American Astronomical Society conference in Austin,
Texas on Monday."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/dark-matter-web-mapped-120109.html
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